Think positive. Just get over it. Avoid toxic negativity. But can we really

manipulate our emotions like that?

Harvard psychologist and best-selling author Dr. Susan David

explains emotional agility,

a revolutionary way of approaching difficult emotions.

Hello and welcome back to savvy psychologist.

I'm your host Dr. Jade Wu.

Every week I'll help you meet life's challenges

with evidence-based research, a sympathetic ear, and zero judgment.

Now one of the topics that comes up most with my clients, no matter who they are or what they're

struggling with,

is the question of how to handle difficult emotions.

I've seen many people work hard to manage or get over their emotions,

treating them as if their dials on a control panel that they can calibrate just right, if only they tried hard enough.

But what if there's actually a whole different approach to emotions that doesn't require, you know, wrestling with them?

That's where the idea of emotional agility comes in.

Today I talk to the psychologist who coined the term emotional

agility Dr. Susan David. She's one of the world's leading management

thinkers and an award-winning Harvard Medical School psychologist.

Her Wall Street Journal best-selling book,

Emotional Agility, Get Unstuck, Embrace Change,

and Thrive in Work in Life,

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